Background, Career
Schofield trained in both fine arts and business, earning a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MBA from Golden Gate University. His career began as an artist and art director with the New Jersey video game company Absolute Entertainment. He then relocated to Seattle to join the West Coast's burgeoning video games industry. His professional influences included Asteroids, Moon Patrol, Gunstar Heroes, Disruptor and the Contra series, followed later by Resident Evil, Gears of War, and the franchise he would eventually contribute to, Modern Warfare.
As a vice president at Crystal Dynamics, Schofield headed development on two of the studio's franchises: Gex and Legacy of Kain. Moving to EA Redwood Studios as general manager of the company's Visceral Games, he collaborated with Bret Robbins, including the popular Lord of the Rings video series and 007: From Russia with Love. Schofield's reputation grew with the 2008 title Dead Space, which the magazine Edge called "a work of passionate sci-fi horror that became the one of most commercially successful new properties of the year." Schofield, executive producer on the project, worked with Michael Condrey, senior development director. The game launched a franchise of sequels, comics, novels and films, and went on to win more than 80 industry awards, including the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Action Game of the Year and two awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. During his time at EA Redwood Studios, the studio was ranked 17th in the top 50 Game Developers List of 2009 by Game Developer Research. Edge named him one of the Hot 100 Game Developers of 2009.
In 2009, Schofield and Condrey created Sledgehammer Games, with Schofield as general manager and Condrey as chief operating officer. They retained those roles when, that November, Activision acquired the company as a wholly owned development studio operating on an independent model.
Other games include:
| Title | Publisher | Released | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbie: Barbie GameGirl | 1991 | art director/lead artist | |
| Swamp Thing | 1991 | art director/lead artist | |
| The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | 1992 | art director/lead artist |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | 1992 | ||
| Street Fighter: The Movie | Capcom | artist | |
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 1992 | artist | |
| Super Battletank | 1993 | artist | |
| Penn and Teller Smoke and Mirrors | unpublished | art Director/lead artist | |
| The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckeroo$! | THQ Inc. | 1993 | art director/lead artist |
| Goofy's Hysterical History Tour | Absolute Entertainment, Inc. | 1993 | art Director/lead artist) |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | Absolute Entertainment, Inc. | 1993 | art director/lead artist |
| Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit | Absolute Entertainment, Inc. | 1994 | art director/lead artist |
| Major Damage | unpublished | creator/producer | |
| Werewolf | unpublished | art director/producer | |
| Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko | Eidos, Inc. | 1997 | game director |
| Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | 1999 | special thanks |
| Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | 1999 | game director |
| Akuji: The Heartless | Eidos, Inc. | 1999 | game director |
| Walt Disney World Quest Magical Racing Tour | Eidos, Inc. | 2000 | game director |
| Mad Dash Racing | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | 2001 | creator/game director |
| Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | 2001 | special thanks |
| Knockout Kings 2003 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2002 | executive producer |
| The Legacy of Kain Series: Blood Omen 2 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | 2002 | game director |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Electronic Arts Ltd. | 2003 | game director |
| From Russia with Love | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2005 | producer/GM |
| Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | 2007 | co-op director | |
| Whiplash | 2007 | director/GM | |
| Dead Space | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2008 | co-director/producer |
| The Godfather II | Electronic Arts, Inc | 2009 | producer/GM |
| Dead Space: Extraction | Electronic Arts, Inc | 2009 | co-director/producer |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | Activision Publishing, Inc. | 2010 | special thanks |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | 2011 | co-director/producer |
Schofield was also a storyboard director and created over 100 characters for the animated series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.
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